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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does he want to do?

2. What experience does the stranger relate to him?

3. What does the nurse give the patient?

4. What does the protagonist vow?

5. What is the nurse's response?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the protagonist react to the stranger's honesty?

2. Describe the protagonist's first evening with Kathleen.

3. What does this time with Kathleen trigger?

4. How does this section begin?

5. What does he tell the nurse? What is her response? Why does he feel this way?

6. Describe the scene between the protagonist and the stranger.

7. Of what does this insatiable feeling remind him?

8. What does the protagonist realize years later about his grandmother?

9. What happens, moments after the protagonist and Kathleen meet?

10. What is the protagonist's memory about his grandmother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The main character thinks more about death than life.

Part 1) How does this affect his relationship with others?

Part 2) What would his grandmother think about this? Use the text to support your response.

Part 3) Based on this story, how does the author believe one can change and enjoy life?

Essay Topic 2

Gyula is the protagonist's friend.

Part 1) Describe Gyula. How is he a breath of fresh air for the protagonist?

Part 2) What does Gyula create for the protagonist? Why?

Part 3) how does Gyula's approach affect the protagonist? Has this helped the protagonist? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The main character is a Holocaust survivor.

Part 1) Describe this character. How is his personality shaped by his experience in a concentration camp?

Part 2) How is he similar to other Holocaust survivors?

Part 3) Compare the main character to the author, who is also a Holocaust survivor.

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